"Would removing the celibacy requirement really eliminate priest pedophilia?" ?Won't tough corrective measures such as a ?zero tolerance policy? only exacerbate the priest shortage?? These questions r
One of the most well-known and relied-upon reference works of all time has been updated and revised! The twelve volumes of the revisedButler's Lives of the Saints correspond to the months of the year;
In a time of increasing cultural pluralism and vast religious restructuring in the United States, Christian social ethics must take account of how values and commitments shape Christian communities. I
"Introduces the reader to the lives, sayings, and stories of the fourth- and fifth-century women who were foundational members of the early Christian community in the Mediterranean region; invites rea
Concise and accessible, this one-volume edition of the New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old Testamentdraws together the individual contributions to the Old Testament series and offers them to reader
Few topics are as important, or as controversial, as the proper role and exercise of authority in the Roman Catholic Church. Inspired by Pope Francis's bold rereading and determined implementation
Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents is now available in the widely used study edition translated by Irish Dominican Austin Flannery (+October 21, 2008). This is the translati
While retaining the basic structure of the original book, this new edition has been thoroughly updated in light of some official Catholic documents and other theological writings dealing with sexual m
Proems, taut tales, small stories with rhythm and blues and grace and bruise and laughter between the lines. Brian Doyle’sThe Kind of Brave You Wanted to Be is a book of cadenced notes on the swirl of
A century has passed since Karl Rahner's birth, and two decades have passed since his death. Yet this remarkable theologian has left a legacy of wisdom as relevant today as it was during Rahner's time
Robert Waznak, a preacher and for the past twenty-five years a popular teacher of preachers, believes that before we considerhow to preach a homily we need to explore what the homily is. That is whyAn
